The relegation of the Conservative Party to third place in the Eastleigh by-election puts further pressure on the Conservative leadership to move to the Right. Yet the lesson of Eastleigh is that when it does so its voters flock to Ukip.
James Bloodworth looks back at the week’s politics, including our progressive, regressive and evidence of the week.
Look Left, our round up of the week’s politics, will be going out shortly.
Private rents in London are outstripping inflation, new figures reveal.
The great energy rip-off at a glance.
Over half (68%) of British people believe the Pope was right to resign, and 71% said Pope Benedict had not been influential, according to a new poll by YouGov.
It seems increasingly likely that the Labour Party plans to fight the 2015 election on a platform of retaining Britain’s nuclear deterrent. Instead it ought to consider the innumerable better things the money might be spent on.
The Financial Times has this morning produced a blinding set of graphs which highlight how fiscal austerity has negatively impacted on the GDP of various European economies.
The infographic gives an overview of Britain’s shockingly low rape conviction rate.
‘The country in the triple dip should not lecture the EU about economic growth’, says EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion in reference to David Cameron’s plan to repatriate power back from the EU.
